This section contains records relating to the sale by the Capuchin Franciscan Order of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, and the Bow Street Friary building. The principal agents for the sale of the two properties (sold as lots) were Hamilton Osborne King (HOK). The old Friary consisted of a four storey L-shaped building of circa 2,675 m2. The original portion of the building was built towards the end of the nineteenth century, with a northern wing added in the early twentieth century. Access to this portion of the Friary was from Bow Street. The sub-series contains solicitors’ and auctioneers’ correspondence relating to arrangements for the sale. The collection includes legal material connected with the tender for sale and representations made to the Capuchins from various individuals for the preservation of Father Mathew Hall as a cultural and community amenity. This section also includes correspondence from Dublin Corporation regarding provisions for the protection of certain architectural features of the Hall’s interior.
Notice book for the Secular Franciscans attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The volume contains a record of the monthly meetings of the SFO particularly notices in respect of sick and deceased members, newsletters, anniversaries, Rosary groups, pilgrimage (Knock) and retreat dates.
Silver Father Mathew Feis medals. The designs are not of uniform design. Some of the medals have a harp and musical score on the face. The medals are not engraved.
Report by Gráinne Mallon & Associates, 6 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, in association with Shane Redmond, auctioneer, on the properties held by the Capuchin Order on Church Street. The report delineates the existing properties held by the Capuchin Order (ecclesiastical premises, the Friary, Father Mathew Hall and the Day Centre) and makes recommendations in respect of rationalising the use of the properties in the context of urban renewal and development schemes proposed for the area. With a cover letter from Shane Redmond. The file also includes copy maps and plans. The cover is endorsed: ‘Carried out by Fr. Dan Joe O’Mahony OFM Cap. with a view to selling Father Mathew Hall’. With a letter from Shane Redmond (28 Oct. 1997) recommending that the ‘Order examine the many options the property can generate and that a decision may be taken about the future of its most influential friary in the capital city, based on the level of services the Capuchins will be able to provide there in the new millennium’.
Mass notice book for St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The volume contains lists of announcements particularly in relation to Padre Pio prayer groups, Secular Franciscan Order meetings, and various charitable collections.
Proposals and tender forms for Father Mathew Hall. The file includes proposals from the Solidarity Centre Project; Respond, a non-profit housing charity; the Bar Council of Ireland (a bid for the Bow Street Friary); the Centre of English Language Studies Ltd.; the Henry A. Crosbie Group; Stoker’s Dracula Organisation. With copy tender forms sent to Gaffney Halligan & Co., solicitors for the vendors.
Letters from Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, Abbey Bridge, Dean Street, Kilkenny, enclosing schedules of old deeds and leases (principally relating to properties formerly known as the ‘Munster Arms’ and to other premises on Friary Street) which have been returned to the Order’s archives. Many of these deeds are listed in the collection above.
Adjudicators’ reports for the competitions held at the Father Mathew Feis in 1998. The reports include remarks made by various adjudicators at the Feis. The reports include entries under the title of competitor’s number, competition number and the title and marks awarded. The competitions assessed include solo drama and mixed verse speaking.
Valuation report by Ganly Walters Boyd, 5 William Street, Kilkenny, for garden premises on Pennyfeather Lane. The property comprises a portion of the garden attached to the Capuchin Friary. It comprises approximately 18,000 square feet in area, and at the time of inspection was laid out in level lawns and with, at one end, a handball alley and a small stand for spectators. The property is bounded to the north by the remainder of the Friary garden, to the east by a car belonging to Allied Irish Banks, to the south by an extensive development site owned by the proposed purchaser and to the west by the same development site. The property is held by the Capuchin friars under an unencumbered freehold title. With attached copy ordnance survey map.
